General

Pub site a few minutes' drive from Alton Towers

Homemade food with daily menu changes

Easy access to the Peak District

Ah, pub campsites. How lovely they be. Especially when they dish up home-cooked nosh from a menu as extensive as the Staffordshire Moorlands’ Cross Inn: bring on the steak. And the Sunday carvery. And several desserts.

The Cross Inn Caravan Park is also a hit with families as it’s only a few minutes’ drive to Alton Towers and many guests use it as a base for trips there; the Peak District is on the doorstep too and is crammed with activities and attractions for kids, many of which are free. Huzzah!

Take your foodie pick from the newly refurbished restaurant or the pub in front of the fire; the menu changes daily and there are regular special offers to be had on spirits, ale and lager, just the ticket if you need to save some pennies for Alton Towers. There’s a play area on site too and a coin laundry is available for guests’ use.

(Please note that commercial vehicles must be left in the car park and are not allowed on site. The campsite gates are locked from 9pm – 8am and no movement of cars is allowed on site during those times.)

Open from 01/01/2017 to 31/01/2018

Open from 01/02/2018 to 31/12/2018

Site type

35

20

5

5

Languages spoken

&check; English

Share this site

Please note

Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.

Please note that the showers are metered and cost 50p for four minutes. Unfortunately we have had to take this measure as people who were not guests of the campsite were using the showers.

Check availability at Cross Inn Caravan Park…

Arrive:Depart:
(2 nights)Party: 2 adults

Click/tap once to select your first day, and again for your departure day.

Adults

Children

Child ages

Booking as a group?

Many sites set a maximum occupancy of 6/8 people per pitch, so try breaking your booking down into smaller groups to generate more results. For example, if you’re a group of 10, enter 5 people in your initial search and then book 2 pitches.

However, where the pitch or accommodation occupancy allows it, you can make a booking for up to 30 adults and 30 children in one booking.

To book multiple pitches or accommodation, use the 'Special requests' box on the booking page to ask to be sited together. Complete the booking form for the first booking (you can add a password and save your card so that we remember your details). Then click "Make another booking like this" at the top of the confirmation page to make the next booking.

Large groups: check the listing page for any group restrictions set out in the terms and section titled ‘Please note’.

Large tents/caravans: check the restrictions on unit dimensions to ensure your unit is suitable for the space you will be provided with.

Loud Neighbours - Had music on very loud until 10.30 at night. Shouting through the night, kicking balls at our tent. Overall, kids were not happy in the morning when being woken up all night. Lock broken on one toilet cubicle and other one dirty.

The food in the pub was lovely, reasonably priced with a warm welcome. The shower blocks where spotless and the water was hot!

Disliked:

Sadly the weather was against us and due to the camp site being a field with minimal hardstanding it became impossible to move vehicles on it and very boggy for the tents. Great campsite during dryer weather though I am sure. But be aware it is on a busy road with hgv's passing almost all night

Only one shower, pitches next to fairly busy road, could do with more facilities.

Overall

6

Location

Value for money

Accommodation

Facilities/activities

Customer service

Child friendliness

(No rating)

Cleanliness

Wifi

(No rating)

Not bad really for the price08/09/2017

Jo H.Confirmed

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Recommend to friends Visit again

Liked:

This is a good budget place to stay, it's close to alton towers.

Disliked:

The toilet block could have been cleaner and the toilets could have doors that lock. One toilet seat was cracked. The outside children's play area is dirty and very old. the night traffic on the road that you are pitched next to is very loud with lorries going past every 10 minutes.

Everything was lovely very helpful and friendly and facilities were cl03/09/2017

Clair J.Confirmed

Electric grass tent pitch

Recommend to friends Visit again

Liked:

Pitches well spaced and clean facilities

Disliked:

–

Overall

8

Location

Value for money

Accommodation

Facilities/activities

Customer service

Child friendliness

Cleanliness

Wifi

(No rating)

The campsite was in easy reach of Alton Towers just ...03/09/2017

Adele L.Confirmed

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Recommend to friends Visit again

Liked:

The campsite was in easy reach of Alton Towers just 4 miles away. The Cross Inn pub food was excellent and the service was outstanding. They allow children and dogs in this was a bonus. The campsite is easy to find we were in a touring caravan the pitch we were allocate was a good size to fit caravan awing and windbreakers. The toilet block is basic but was cleaned everyday always hot water available for a shower any time of day. The showers cost 50p for 4 mins, but the 50p lasted more like 6 mins so this was good value. The owners were friendly and helpful especailly when we ran out of gas and told us were to go to get some. The campsite was quiet at night. I would stay again if we were planning another trip to Alton Towers.

Disliked:

Not really a disliike, but the toilet block could do with updating. Also you have to park your car in the carpark not by your pitch this didn't put us off and it wasn't far away from our pitch, but you are able to bring your car to the pitch to load and unload so it would only be an issue if you prefere your car to be on your pitch at all times this wasn't something that bothered us.

Overall

8

Location

Value for money

Accommodation

(No rating)

Facilities/activities

Customer service

Child friendliness

Cleanliness

Wifi

Good and welcoming site, range of facilities located excellently.02/09/2017

Directions

From Stoke-on-TrentApproaching Cauldon Lowe, look out for us on your left. We are directly on the A52.

From DerbyDrive through Cauldon Lowe and look out for us on your right.

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

Once you’ve met your Nemesis at Alton Towers, plenty of other family-friendly fare is in the area, including a fair bit for unfair weather such as several indoor play areas and six leisure centres with pools (if you’re feeling hardy, there’s a heated outdoor pool at Hathesage too). Peak Wildlife Park, two miles away at Winkhill, has over 200 species of birds to see and is open all year round.

The Peak District National Park will keep you busy for weeks, with hundreds of miles of cycling trails including the flat Manifold Way, National Trust properties, gorges, waterfalls and archaeological sites – look out for Thor’s Cave if you’re pedalling the Manifold Way from Waterhouses.

The 13-mile Tissington Trail, following the old railway line between Buxton and Ashbourne, is popular with two-wheelers too as well as with hikers and horse riders. For more info on Peak District pursuits, there are visitor centres at Bakewell, Edale, Castleton and Bamford.

Walkers and scenery seekers should make for the spectacular Dovedale Valley near Ashbourne, a limestone ravine cut into the landscape and with the famous stepping stones over the River Dove. Start from Milldale to walk down through Dovedale and use the stones, then explore Beresford Dale and Wolfscote Dale via their footpaths around the countryside or along the river.

Market towns and teeny villages abound in the Peak too – the Cross Inn’s village is Cauldon Lowe, between Leek and Ashbourne and with Buxton a little further away. Visit Leek for antique shops and the Brindley Mill; Ashbourne for its pubs (one in every four buildings here is or once was a brewery) and Buxton for its July festival, opera house with regular shows and its indulgences and sights as an old spa town. Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford and Derby are all within easy driving distance too for day trips.

If golfing’s more your thing, there are dozens of clubs and courses around Staffordshire, Derbyshire and the Peak District: try Cavendish for spectacular Peak District views; Chapel-en-le-Frith for a challenge and Ingestre for a 250-yard practice area and an 18-hole course surrounded by woodland.

Finally, if your little monkeys are still gibbering for more even after Alton Towers, take them to the award-winning Trentham Estate just outside Stoke-on-Trent: they might not be too fussed on the shopping village or massive garden centre, but the Monkey Forest and Aerial Extreme there should come up trumps.

Policies

Permitted arrival/departure time

Cross Inn Caravan Park cancellation policy

No refunds within 4 days of arrival date.

All cancellations are subject to a 25% fee.

If you need to cancel or amend your booking, please give as much notice as possible so that someone else has the chance to book. You may wish to buy holiday insurance for cancellations and for your property/injury whilst away.

Please note that your deposit is paid to Pitchup.com and is non-refundable.

Payment

A 15% non-refundable deposit is payable now.
Cross Inn Caravan Park will debit the balance from your card 4 weeks
before arrival, or if the arrival date is sooner than 4 weeks
then the balance will be taken immediately.

Report a problem

Contact Cross Inn Caravan Park

Terms and conditions

General
Gazebos, pup tents are not permitted.
Quiet hours must be respected between 10pm and 9am.
Radio, music and TV players must be kept at a low volume. Car doors and boots must be closed quietly.

Vehicles
Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
No cars/motorbikes by the pitch/unit. All cars must be parked in the designated area.

Additional terms

No car movement after 9pm in order to ensure children's safety.

Our gates are locked at 9pm at night and do not reopen until 8am the following morning.

All cars must be off the tent area as soon as unloaded and are not allowed on pitches after 9pm.